Materials document Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Materials include: Fiscal records, correspondence, bank statements, canceled checks, expense books, receipts, and vouchers; lists of supplies; and an itemized list of expenses
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
Photographs, negatives, and photograph lists document Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Photograph information is listed on back, usually photograph and detailed description of subject matter. Photograph subject matter include: birdlife on the beaches; motorsailer at...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
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Topics: United States Navy, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology
Materials document Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the United States Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Materials include US Naval communications about position, weather and daily activities; specimen requests; intended destinations of specimens and other collected materials (plants, birds, mammals, insects);...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
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The journal is that of photographer, Donald Dickey, and was sent to Alexander Wetmore by Jane P. Church in October 1969. The journal describes Donald's Dickey's experiences as a member of the Tanager Expedition to Hawaii, during 1923. The journal begins with his departure from California, and continues through his arrival in Hawaii, meeting the other expedition participants and the subsequent voyage. Entries are chronological, and pages are numbered. He includes weather, location, latitude and...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
The copied, typed journal documents Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Begins with an itinerary.Subjects discussed include: presence and harvesting of bat guano and on Laysan Island; detailed description of Laysan Island on approach; discussion of observed bird life...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
Materials document Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Maps document the Hawaiian Islands, Oahu, Nihoa, and Wake Island
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
Materials document Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bishop Museum, and USDA. Materials include memorabilia from his time in Hawaii (baggage inspection tags, brochures, music and sports programs) and publications including the The Tanager Daily Harpoon an informal daily publication of the naval vessel (USS...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), United States,...
The article "Lava Rock and Coral Sand" by Alexander Wetmore discusses the impetus and progression of the Tanager Expedition, 1923, conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Wetmore was working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. According to a note at the top of the cover, a portion of the article was printed in the National Geographic Magazine. Also discusses the guano industry in the islands, the...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
Fieldnotes document Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Entries are listed by date and are chronological. The field notes list supplies purchased in San Francisco and Honolulu (in some cases listing for whom the supplies were purchased); bird lists with name and gender...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
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Topics: United States Navy, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Tanager (AM-5), Tanager Expedition (1923),...
The majority of materials document Alexander Wetmore's work in Hawaii to examine and secure information on the islands in the Hawaii bird reservation,including observations of Wake Island, Johnston Island, Jarvis, Howland and Baker Islands carried out during his participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923. The expedition was in conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Johnston Island was under consideration as a bird refuge, and includes a...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
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Topics: United States Navy, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Tanager (AM-5), Tanager Expedition (1923),...
